Supra back in V8 Supercars

[hardsteppa]

https://www.supercars.com/news/breaking-news-toyota-to-join-supercars-in-2026-with-gr-supra

You know what's next don't you? Nissan is going to throw their cap in the ring too. Then, sweeeeet aussie race series going on.

[robbo_rb180]

Good news for the series, now everyone is running on the same chassis and suspension saves $$$ on development and setups will carry over. Hopefully they make the engine sound better than the lexus gt3 v8.

Biggest issue will be panel damage as guard is part of the bonnet and be hard to make a nice looking part line to separate it all.

[PranK]

Oh hell yes. This might be enough to make me watch again. Love my BMW's.

[PranK]

Damn it 

"The GR Supra Supercar will use Toyota’s 2UR-GSE all-aluminium, quad-cam V8 as its baseline engine."

There might be no BMW in it! 😢

Regardless, this will be a great addition and I'm keen to see it.

 

[GTSBoy]

40 minutes ago, PranK said:

There might be no BMW in it!

I was going to say "What you talkin' about Willis?", on the basis that the rest of the Supra apart from the badge and the "styling" is BMW....and then I realised that there'd be no Supra chassis present anyway.

So as you were.

[robbo_rb180]

Looking like they will have a 1:1 scale model at Bathurst from reports.

Hopefully more manufacturers join now too and bring some fresh dollars to teams. I know a team that could use it 😅

[robbo_rb180]

1 minute ago, GTSBoy said:

I was going to say "What you talkin' about Willis?", on the basis that the rest of the Supra apart from the badge and the "styling" is BMW....and then I realised that there'd be no Supra chassis present anyway.

So as you were.

Maybe use the dash unlike the the mustangs coreflute one.

I know our cars only use the mirrors and door handles from production car everything else is modified or replaced with a few components.

[The Bogan]

I wish they advertised and covered production cars

Yes, I know there is a series, but without the support from the media it is hidden from view

New "Super Cars" is too NASCAR for me, expecially now, with really only 2 contenders

I want to watch 4, 6, 8, 10 pots race around together like the old days

Yes, I am that old man shouting at clouds

[robbo_rb180]

1 hour ago, The Bogan said:

I wish they advertised and covered production cars

Yes, I know there is a series, but without the support from the media it is hidden from view

New "Super Cars" is too NASCAR for me, expecially now, with really only 2 contenders

I want to watch 4, 6, 8, 10 pots race around together like the old days

Yes, I am that old man shouting at clouds

to be serious there is plenty of good racing out there and is generally shown on Blendline TV 
https://youtube.com/@blendlinetv?si=IVqWM4QFdqRsG12S

The speed series was alright at QR a few weeks ago. The production car enduro and TA2 were good to watch.
 

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, robbo_rb180 said:

to be serious there is plenty of good racing out there and is generally shown on Blendline TV 
https://youtube.com/@blendlinetv?si=IVqWM4QFdqRsG12S

The speed series was alright at QR a few weeks ago. The production car enduro and TA2 were good to watch.
 

Cheers for the link, subscribed

One of the first ones that came up...LOL

https://youtu.be/Tc4Pf3qiAB8?si=jk2dSBAbN9CNyYEh

[MBS206]

I try to watch a little of GT4, Aus Production, and QLD Production. Mainly as I know people racing in it and as said by others, is cool to watch cars with all different strengths!